Political Journey

• Benazir became 11th Prime Minister of Pakistan in December 1988.
• In 1990, after a long political turmoil, Ghulam Ishaq Khan, the then President of Pakistan dissolved her government on charges of corruption, nepotism, and despotism.
• She lost the parliamentary elections of 1990 and began serving as leader of the opposition. Benazir remained on the post till 1993.
• Pakistan People’s Party was again elected to power in 1993 and Benazir was named the Prime Minister of state for the second time.
• In November 1996, Farooq Leghari, the then Presiden of Pakistan ended the tenure of Benazir mainly on the charges of corruption.
• She again served as leader of the opposition from 1996 to 1999.